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Axway Software

Axway Software is a French-American publicly held information technology company that provides software tools for enterprise software, enterprise application integration, business activity monitoring, business analytics, mobile application development and web API management.

Since it split from parent company Sopra Steria in June 2011, Axway has been listed on Euronext Paris (AXW).

History

Axway Software was incorporated on 28 December 2000[3] when the software infrastructure division of the French IT services company Sopra was spun-out as a subsidiary. (Sopra subsequently merged with another French IT services company Steria to form Sopra Steria in 2014.[4][5])

Sopra used Axway as a vehicle for expansion into the Enterprise Application Integration market. Subsequently, a number of acquisitions have been made by Axway. The Swedish company Viewlocity was acquired in early 2002.[6]

Christophe Fabre became CEO of Axway in 2005 and remained in that position until 2015. Axway acquired the US company Cyclone Commerce in January 2006[7] after which much of the executive management of Axway relocated to Phoenix, Arizona. In February 2007, Axway acquired the Atos's B2B software business in Germany.[8] US company Tumbleweed Communications was acquired in June 2008.[9]

In June 2011, Axway was spun out of Sopra Group and listed on the Paris Euronext. In November 2012, the Irish company Vordel, an API Management vendor, was acquired.[10] The Brazilian company, SCI Soluções, was acquired in September 2013.[11] In January 2014, Axway acquired the assets of Information Gateway in Australia.[3] Axway acquired French company Systar, a developer of Business Activity Monitoring software, in June 2014.[12]

In January 2016, Axway acquired US company Appcelerator,[13] creator of the Appcelerator Titanium open-source framework for multiplatform native mobile app development. Axway acquired US company Syncplicity, developer of a file share and synchronization service, in February 2017.[14]

As of 2017, Sopra Steria holds 33.52% of Axway and Sopra GMT, a holding company for Sopra Steria and Axway, holds 21.65%. In May 2016, Sopra Steria acquired the 8.62% stake in Axway formerly held by Société Générale.[15] Axway is a component of the CAC Small.[16]

In 2016, Axway had more than 11,000 customers in 100 countries.[3] Since going public in 2011, annual revenues have grown from €217.2 million in 2011 to €301.1 million in 2016, and profits have grown from €35.3 million in 2011 to €50.8 million in 2016.[17]

Products and services

Main products

  • The Amplify platform, which acts as a data integration platform for a number of formerly independent legacy products, including Appcelerator Titanium. It provides a more uniform user interface to the various components.[18][19][20][21]
  • Cross File Transfer
  • Syncplicity

Company locations

Axway is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona[22] and Puteaux, Paris. The company has development centers in France in Lyon and Paris, in Romania in Bucharest, in Bulgaria in Sofia and in the United States in Scottsdale, Arizona and Santa Clara, California. It also has various support centers, including one in Noida, India.

The acquisition of SCI in 2013 lead to the establishment of the Axway South America regional headquarters in São Paulo, Brazil.

External links

References

  1. Contact us Axway, retrieved 24 August 2018^
  2. Axway Leadership & Executive Team^
  3. Axway French Financial Markets Authority Registration Document Annual Financial Report 2020 Axway, 24 February 2021, retrieved 22 April 2021^
  4. Matthieu Protard. French IT firm Sopra to buy Steria in $1 billion deal Reuters, 2014-04-08, retrieved 2021-04-27^
  5. Sopra Said to Plan Steria Merger in Computer Services Tie-Up Bloomberg.com, 2014-04-07, retrieved 2021-04-27^
  6. Ben Rossi. Viewlocity integration a year away, admits Axway Information Age, 8 August 2002, retrieved 7 June 2017^
  7. Axway Finalizes Merger with Cyclone Commerce Business Wire, 4 January 2006, retrieved 7 June 2017^
  8. Sopra Group, For Its Subsidiary Axway, Announces Its Intention to Acquire The B2B Software Business Unit from Atos Origin in Germany Business Wire, 7 December 2006, retrieved 7 June 2017^
  9. Kelly Jackson Higgins. Dark Reading – Tumbleweed Acquired in Friendly Merger Dark Reading, 9 June 2008, retrieved 7 June 2017^
  10. Paolo Malinverno. Axway/Vordel Deal Could Be Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts Gartner, 13 November 2012, retrieved 7 June 2017^
  11. Silvia Bassi. Axway contrata Marcelo Ramos como Sênior VP para América Latina COMPUTERWORLD, 29 May 2014, retrieved 7 June 2017^
  12. Mike Vizard. Axway Extends Reach into Business Activity Monitoring IT Business Edge, 3 July 2014, retrieved 7 June 2017^
  13. Frederic Lardinois. Axway Acquires Mobile App Development Platform Appcelerator TechCrunch, 17 January 2016, retrieved 7 June 2017^
  14. Chris Mellor. Managed file transfer peeps Axway gobble sharetakers Syncplicity The Register, 23 February 2017, retrieved 7 June 2017^
  15. Sopra Steria Group acquires the 8.62% stake in Axway sold by Société Générale Sopra Steria, 31 May 2016, retrieved 8 June 2017^
  16. CAC Small Market Information Euronext, 5 June 2017, retrieved 6 June 2017^
  17. Key Figures Axway Investors Axway Investor Relations, retrieved 7 June 2017^
  18. Lindsey O'Donnell. CRN Exclusive: Axway Aims To Boost IoT Channel With Data Integration Platform CRN, 3 November 2016, retrieved 7 June 2017^
  19. Alex Handy. Axway introduces new platform – SD Times SD Times, 3 November 2016^
  20. Timothy King. Axway Unveils Next-Gen Data Integration and Engagement Platform Solutions Review, 3 November 2016^
  21. Wyatt Carlson. Axway Claims Its Data Platform Has Revived the Company SDxCentral, 3 November 2016^
  22. Russ Wiles. Axway may be largest Arizona company you've never heard of azcentral, 2 November 2015, retrieved 8 June 2017^